UMD pulling on my heartstrings
As a Web Editor who dabbles in online marketing, I know a good (or bad) email subject line when I read one. Here’s a beauty, delivered to my inbox last Tuesday: “See Yourself in This Maryland Video?”...
View ArticleMy date with the spacemen
As someone who co-habitates with an aerospace engineer, I’m embarrassed to admit that I’d never heard of the L2 point, or Lagrange point, before Monday night. After listening to three astronauts...
View ArticleOne email marketer catches on
First, a disclaimer: I don’t send marketing emails on behalf of The Daily Record, so if any of my complaints sound familiar, please – contact our marketing person. Now then. I’ve been having some fun...
View ArticleIt’s lunchtime. Buy it or bag it?
View Larger Map I was pondering the sad state of the 300 block of N. Charles Street as I walked to work this morning. True, Maisy’s restaurant has newly opened where Copra once stood, but the Starbucks...
View ArticleLockheed’s social network follows in industry footsteps
I’m at the beginning of a new, three-year commitment to earn a master’s in I.T., and my weekends are spent immersed in my textbook, “Management Information Systems.” Yawn, right? It just so happens...
View ArticleA barrage of birthday offers
The more I learn about online marketing, the more I want free stuff. I’m even happy when I have to pay, so long as I perceive that I’m getting a deal – an extra service at no extra charge, a discount...
View ArticleDoes a bear tweet in the woods?
When bear hunting season opens October 26, the state Department of Natural Resources plans to keep hunters informed by using Twitter. The DNR has put a limitation on this year’s hunt of 60 to 85 black...
View ArticleCan’t find a job? Try again.
If you’re looking for work and frustrated at the local offerings, I’ve got news for you: it doesn’t get better than here. Via Lifehacker come these figures on job market competition in June of this...
View ArticleThe Greenbrier’s uncertain future
On my long commute home to Bethesda last night, I heard a radio advertisement that caught my attention: the Greenbrier resort is offering a new collection of vacation packages on their Web site....
View ArticleDeath to office buzzwords
One of my favorite scenes from the hit NBC sitcom “30 Rock” involves an exchange between exec Jack Donaghy and main character Liz Lemon, when Jack is discussing his role as keynote speaker at an...
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